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PavlikPaja on Feb 20, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Uncleftish Beholding

When you breath pure nitrogen, you suffocate without really noticing anything.

arethuza on Feb 20, 2019 [–]

There have been suggestions that nitrogen could be used as a means of execution:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/...

[NB Personally, I'm not in favour of executing anyone, but if you must do it why not do it so that it doesn't cause any suffering?]

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